SHOW #021 - NerdBoyTV Broadcast: February 23, 2008

In this episode of NerdBoyTV, your host, Ryan Yee, shares articles on "Converging On Greatness" when technology is not only innovative, but also easy-to-use, Yahoo!'s "Seven Super-Cool Essential Gadgets," how social networking sites for young children (like Club Penguin) could be good and safe training grounds before someday getting on MySpace and Facebook, where to print your next American novel on various print-on-demand sites, the 10 "weirdest" iPod accessories, and three budget-minded camcorders that you may wish to consider.

Converging On Greatness - Forbes.com: "'Excellence' is achieved by those devices that represent the nirvana state of electronics that simply work together without any fussing by the consumer. Here’s a sampling."

Yahoo! Shopping - Seven Super-Cool Essential Gadgets: "We've got a weakness for glam gadgets, especially those that offer a simplified, sleek approach to everyday tasks and simultaneously up your home's fab factor. Give in to your techie temptations-and keep up with the home-electronics current-with these seven super -cool essentials."

Parents of Young Online Socializers Have Gift of Time : Dory Devlin : Yahoo! Tech

Wanna Be a Paperback Writer? : Robin Raskin : Yahoo! Tech

10 Weirdest iPod Accessories - Reviews by PC Magazine: "by Jennifer L. DeLeo We love our iPods. We coddle them. We boast about them. We can't imagine life without them. If we don't have one, we covet those of our friends (and even if we do have one, we still covet the newer, cooler-looking ones). With so many choices available—colors, capacities, video, touch screen, etc.—there's never been a better time to pick one up. Thing is, it's easy for music lovers to become overwhelmed by the variety."

Make like Spielberg! Top 3 budget camcorders - Tech it Out! with Paul Hochman - TODAYshow.com: "It no longer costs a lot to make a beautiful video of your family’s big moment. Prices are plunging for feature-rich camcorders, and you can now get a very good image for very little money."

SHOW #020 - NerdBoyTV Broadcast: February 16, 2008

In this episode, Ryan Yee, Host of NerdBoyTV, discusses how the Helio cellphone is taking full advantage of mobile content-generation, provides a link to CNET's Living With Technology providing a variety of mobile tools, confirms that Toshiba is throwing in the towel on its HD DVD format, and the 10 Killer Sneaks for Geeks (likes shoes with GPS).

• ARCchart BluePrint : Helio provides a taste for opportunities in mobile Web 2.0



• Living With Technology: Back to business - CNET.com



• Rumor: Toshiba Dropping HD DVD, Ending Format War : Christopher Null : Yahoo! Tech



• 10 Killer Sneaks for Geeks - Reviews by PC Magazine
  
  

SHOW #019 - NerdBoyTV Broadcast: February 9, 2008

In this episode, Ryan Yee, host of NerdBoyTV, introduces a teenager who took her love of MySpace backgrounds and templates to new heights (not to mention a million dollar empire) and provides links to technology articles, including how not to let technology overload ruin your relationship this Valentine's Day, listening to music using Bluetooth, how several car manufacturers are integrating cell phones and MP3 plaers in their cars, and how well certain cell phones integrate YouTube (let me just say, personally, iPhone does NOT do well for me, yet the Helio is absolutely WONDERFUL!!!).

• People of the Web - Teen Millionaire



• Can Technology Overload Ruin Your Relationship? : Gina Hughes : Yahoo! Tech



• Listen to your music without wires - USATODAY.com



• TwinCities.com - Sync impressively integrates cell phones, MP3 players in cars (with a few imperfections)



• TwinCities.com - TECH TEST: MOBILE YOUTUBE

VIDEO: Ashley Qualls - Teen Millionaire (People of the Web)

Not so long ago, teen Ashley Qualls lived in a one-bedroom apartment with her mom and sister. But with her computer and savvy business sense she made a better life for all of them.

SHOW #018 - NerdBoyTV Broadcast: February 2, 2008

NERDBOY NOTE: Hello everyone. NerdBoyTV has been down the last week or so because your host, Ryan Yee, has been battling a nasty cold. Started with a runny nose, then a cough, then a harder cough, then a loss of voice from all the coughing! It has not been a fun 10 days even though we were able to surf the net from our sickbed (hehehe). Unfortunately, I still don't have much of a voice to record a new broadcast, but time marches on. Here are some links to checkout, just no video intro...I promise I'll be back to normal this coming weekend. Have a good one and stay healthy!

In this episode, Ryan Yee, Host of NerdBoyTV, wants you to read about how Yahoo! is retreating from the subscription music service business and throwing its support behind our beloved Rhapsody (yay!), learn about how to tweak your PC if it's running slower, decide whether or not it's good to leave your laptop on all the time (does it ruin the battery?), read about whether or not it's legal to copy CDs and DVDs for personal use, and lastly read two articles about cellphones: 1) How people get stuck in cellphone jail, and 2) What your cellphone says about you and your style.

If Yahoo can’t do it . . . - Los Angeles Times: "In a move telegraphed months ago, Yahoo announced today that it was terminating its subscription music service and throwing its support behind Rhapsody, a competing service operated by RealNetworks and MTV Networks."

Live Informed: "Is your PC slower now than when you bought it? Do you get error messages when you try to un-install software? Do you have desktop icons that aren't working?"

Is It OK To Leave My Laptop Plugged In All the Time? : Christopher Null : Yahoo! Tech Is it safe to leave my laptop plugged in for extended periods of time when I am not using it? I am talking 10 or 12 hours at a time. Or should I only plug it in when it needs charging?

Reader Mail: Is it Legal to Copy CDs and DVDs? : Ben Patterson : Yahoo! Tech: "Most digital-rights activists (such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation), citing the 'fair use' exceptions to U.S. copyright law, argue that you should be able to rip copyrighted CDs and DVDs (ones you own, mind you) for your own personal use. Of course, whether you have the actual legal right to do so is another—and somewhat murky—issue, particularly when it comes to video."

Most Americans are in cell phone jail - Gotcha Capitalism- msnbc.com: "At any given time, most Americans are in cell phone jail. You know the feeling. You talk to a friend with a snazzy new handset that does amazing things. Or you see an advertisement for a great deal on a monthly plan. Then what do you do? You sigh, wistfully wishing you could shop for a new phone. If you are really on top of things, you call your provider and ask when your current cell phone contract expires. And then you wait."

What does your cell phone say about you? - DigiGirl- msnbc.com: "Whether it’s a BlackBerry, Treo, Sidekick or an iPhone (or one of many other varieties of smartphone), a device might give off some clues about the personalities that gravitate to it."